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Olympiad Qualifier 2026 GP3 - Open

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19 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Georgetown, Guyana. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1747, and top seed was Anthony Drayton (🇬🇾 GUY, FM, 1996).

Sachin Dhilan Pitamber (🇬🇾 GUY, CM, 1906) won with 7.5/8, ahead of Anthony Drayton (6.5) and Alexander Zhang (6.0). Pitamber won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Abel Ayden Fernandez Ciria (1430) beat Jaden Taylor (1669), a +239-point gap.

Location
🇬🇾Georgetown, Guyana
Dates
24 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇾FMAnthony Drayton1996
Avg top 10
1,747
Participants
19
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇾Guyana×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

CM Sachin Dhilan Pitamber led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Pitamber7.5Drayton6.5Zhang6Couchman5.5Sandiford5Williams4.5
R3–R8 · LEAD HELD

CM Sachin Dhilan Pitamber never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Sachin Dhilan Pitamber beat FM Anthony Drayton (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Sachin Dhilan Pitamber 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Anthony Drayton 3 wins (R6–R8)Alexander Zhang 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMSachin Dhilan Pitamber*
1
½
1
2FMAnthony Drayton
0
*
1
1
3Alexander Zhang
½
0
*
½
4Kyle Couchman
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pitamber, Sachin DhilanCM1906GUY+9B+7N+4B+5N+2B=3N+6B+8N7.535.539.536.502153+68.0
2Drayton, AnthonyFM1996GUY+12B+3N=5B+4N−1N+8B+9B+7N6.536.039.529.501959-0.4
3Zhang, Alexander1627GUY+17N−2B+16N+7B+8N=1B+5B=4N6.034.035.022.001915+84.8
4Couchman, Kyle1937GUY+8N+6B−1N−2B+13N+7B+11N=3B5.536.039.022.001813-32.4
5Sandiford, Keron1808GUY+13N+14B=2N−1B+15N+6B−3N=10N5.034.036.017.251803-0.6
6Williams, Gilbert1663GUY+11B−4N=15B+9N+16B−5N−1N+12B4.531.032.513.501697+5.2
7Puran, Kishan1521GUY+10N−1B+12B−3N+11B−4N+14B−2B4.036.539.013.501710+33.8
8Ubaldo-Singh, Alek1568GUY−4B+19N+17B+15N−3B−2N+13B−1B4.031.532.57.001646+14.0
9Zhang, Nicholas1548GUY−1N+18B=14N−6B+10N+16B−2N=11B4.030.031.09.501616+16.4
10Taylor, Jaden1669GUY−7B−11N+19B=12N−9B+18N+17N=5B4.022.023.07.251429-37.8
11Fernandez Ciria, Abel Ayden1430GUY−6N+10B−13N+18B−7N+17B−4B=9N3.526.027.08.001496+16.4
12Hussain, Rashad1584GUY−2N+13B−7N=10B−18N+19B+16N−6N3.524.525.57.501439-24.8
13Campbell, Leslie1522GUY−5B−12N+11B+17N−4B+14N−8NF3.025.025.07.001530-3.2
14Dunn, Prince1613GUY+19B−5N=9B−16NF−13B−7N+17B2.519.519.54.001278-64.0
15Ali, Saeed Anwar1664GUY+18N=16B=6N−8B−5BFFF2.016.016.04.001531-14.6
16Kandavel, Tejasvarun0GUYF=15N−3B+14B−6N−9N−12B−19N1.523.523.53.5014240.0
17FIDE 197038210—−3BF−8N−13B+19N−11N−10B−14N1.024.024.01.007720.0
18Persaud, Rajendra Rajesh1431GUY−15B−9NF−11N+12B−10BFF1.018.018.03.501339-21.6
19FIDE 197039290—−14N−8B−10NF−17B−12NF+16B1.017.517.51.508090.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets